Junior Fair

2024 Union County Junior Fair Schedule

Wednesday, July 17
Time TBD
Food & Nutrition Project Judging
Shooting Sports Judging

Thursday, July 18
Time TBD
Clothing Project Judging
Special Interest Project Judging

Friday, July 19
9am-5pm Special Interest Project Judging (Armory)
12pm Horse move in (optional)
6:30pm Horse Orientation
7pm Horse Skillathon (all ages)
7:30pm Equine Ambassador Interviews

Saturday, July 20
6am – 1pm Sheep and Goats Move In
6am – 5pm Swine move in
1:30 pm Sheep & Goats Barn Meeting, 2 pm Weigh-In
3:00 pm Horses must be in place for vet check
5:00 pm Registration: Horse Judging/Team Tournament/ High Point
5:00 pm Horse Judging Contest
6:00 pm Swine Weigh-In, Barn Mtg. at 5:30
7:00 pm Horse Opening Ceremonies

Sunday, July 21
6am – 11pm Beef, Dairy Feeder, and Dairy Move In
9:00 am Sheep Showmanship and County Born and Raised Classes
9am – 11am Poultry Move in
10:00 am Horses – English Show
11:15 am Poultry Barn Meeting and Weigh-in & Pictures
4pm – 7pm Rabbits Move-in
4:30 pm Royalty Crowning (Arena)
5:00 pm Sheep Market Show
7:15 pm Rabbit Barn Meeting and Weigh-in & Pictures

Monday, July 22
9:00 am Horses – Western and Driving Show
9:00 am Rabbit Skillathon- Juniors (Armory)
9:30 am Rabbit Skillathon – Inter & Seniors (Armory)
10:00 am Mkt Beef, Dairy Feeders, & Beef Feeders Weigh In & Pictures (Barn meeting at 9:30)
10:00 am Chicken Show: Market Chicken Classes, Chicken Showmanship, Exhibition Chickens (Rabbit and Poultry Bldg.)
11:00 am Dairy Skillathon (Armory)
12:00 pm Swine Skillathon (Armory)
1:30 pm Dairy Judging Contest
6:00 pm Swine Showmanship / CBR Classes

Tuesday, July 23
9:00 am Rabbit Show (Showmanship, Breeding, Market)
9:00 am Poultry Skillathon, Juniors (Armory)
9:45 am Rabbit Skillathon, Inter. & Seniors (Armory)
10:00 am Dairy Show
10:00 am Horses – Ranch Pleasure Show
11:00 am Sheep Skillathon (Armory)
2:30 pm 4-H Style Review (Armory)
3:30, 4:30 Special Interest Awards (Armory)
Projects for each time TBA
5:00 pm Horses – Performance Show
6:00 pm Swine Market Show (released at show conclusion.)

Wednesday, July 24
9:00 am All hogs not in the Livestock Sale or being sent on packer truck are to be off the fairgrounds
9:00 am Beef Skillathon
10:00 am Horses – Jr/Sr Versatility
10:30 am Goat Skillathon
11:00 am Turkey Show – Market and Showmanship
12:00 pm Walk/Trot Versatility
2:00 pm Horses – Ride and Drive Versatility
2:30 pm Waterfowl – Market, Showmanship, Exhibition Classes followed by Overall Poultry Showman of Showmen
4:00 pm Beef Showmanship, Dairy Feeder Show: Showmanship followed by Market Classes
5:00 pm Horses – Championship/Ambassador
7:00 pm Horse Fantasia

Thursday, July 25
9:00 am Goat Show: Showmanship, Breeding, CBR
9:00 am Horse Demonstration Contest
11:00 am Horse Groom and Clean Team Tournament
1:00 pm General Livestock Judging
4:00 pm Rabbit Skillathon Awards (Rabbit/Poultry Building)
4:30 pm Poultry Skillathon Awards (Rabbit/Poultry Building)
5:00pm Goat Show: Market Goat Classes
7:00 pm Rabbit, Poultry Released (Must be off fairgrounds by 9pm Thursday)

Friday, July 26
10:00 am Horse Fun Show
1:00 pm Horseless Horse Show & Cowboy Challenge
3:00 pm Dairy, Beef, Goat, Swine and Sheep Skillathon Awards
6:00 pm Horse Awards Banquet                                                                                7:00 pm Beef Breeding, Beef feeder Calves and Market Beef Show                        Time TBD Showman of Showmen Exhibition – 30 min after beef show                   9:00 pm Sheep, Goats, Beef and Dairy Feeder Non-Sale Animals Released (Must be off fairgrounds by 8 am Saturday)
10:00 pm Horses dismissed (Must be off grounds by 10 am Saturday)

Saturday, July 27
10:00 am Livestock Sale
4pm -5pm Special Interest Projects Released

Please remember to thank your buyers!

2023 Jr Fair Committee

Thanks for all your work and dedication!

2023 Jr. Fair Committee 2023 Jr. Fair Committee Continued
Sara Quick/Chair Swine 937-789-3638 s.quick114@gmail.com Lynn Vollrath/Poultry 937-537-6043 Lvollrath1@gmail.com
Eric Burns/Co-Chair Sheep 937-537-0816 amerburns@gmail.com Derrick Wheeler/Swine 614-554-1786 wheeler78@icloud.com
Byron Jones/Rabbits 937-594-0201 lbjonesjr55@gmail.com Mike Hockensmith/Beef 937-243-3358 Mphockensmith@gmail.com
Chandra Hall/Poultry 740-225-2490 ladyrinos711@gmail.com John Cook/Dairy 937-537-0215 atfd450@yahoo.com
OJ Sancho/Poultry 614-579-3129 ojsancho@gmail.com Chris Nicol/Dairy 614-207-9855 cnicol@dublin.oh.us
Shane Griffey/Swine 937-707-7597 samwyatt26@aol.com Julie Ziegler/Dairy 614-579-2180 6zieglers@gmail.com
Andy Partee/Swine 614-813-8127 Partee_andy@yahoo.com Brian Wilson/Sheep 614-554-5790 wilsonbw4430@gmail.com
Dain Bruns/Poultry 614-361-6234 dain.bruns@gmail.com Laurie Reidman/Swine 714-315-9110 agrox98@gmail.com
Mike Vollrath/Poultry 937-313-4578 mvollrath2001@gmail.com Shelby Jones/Rabbits 937-707-2495 shelbyq03@gmail.com
Andy Niehaus/Veterinarian 614-292-6664 niehaus.25@osu.edu Justin McCreary 937-243-6115 mccreary_justin@yahoo.com

Livestock Sale Records

Buyer Levels

Premier Platinum: $20,00 or more

  • Honda Marysville & Leon’s Garage
  • Union Propane
  • Strait & Lamp Lumber Company
  • Sam Jackson’s Auto Body Repairs

Platinum: $7,000 to $19,999

  • Chapman Ford
  • Green & Sons, LTD
  • Guilder Winkle Partners, Inc.
  • ASE Feed & Supply
  • Goodwin Services
  • Pebble Construction LLC
  • New Reflection Counseling Center
  • Hogan Tire & Service
  • Richwood Bank
  • Russian Fellowship Grace Baptist Church
  • Merchants National Bank
  • Gerten Farms
  • Bluebird Retirement Community
  • Shanklin Enterprises
  • Tom & Sarah Vollrath Family
  • Scotts Miracle-Gro Company
  • Jeff & Laurie Reidman

Gold: $3,000 to $6,999

  • Stewart Seed/Aaron Boerger Dealership
  • Preferred Logistics
  • North Main Motors
  • Weeks Plumbing
  • Shcheiderer Transport
  • Applied Electric
  • Union Rural Electric
  • Memorial Health
  • Kimberly Kampers
  • HER Realtors and Central Ohio Realtors
  • Nationwide Children’s Hospital
  • VFW 3320
  • Trapp Family Farms
  • ABIS-JH Ward Agency
  • Marysville Primary Care
  • Poet Grain, LLC
  • Premier Assets LLC & Mihalic Associates & Auctioneer
  • Conrad Leibold Woerner & Co.
  • Phelps Farms, Inc.
  • Eufinger Law Offices
  • WD Excavating
  • CCFS
  • Chuckery Farms
  • Union Co Ag Society

Silver: $1000 to $2,999

  • Hillview Farms
  • Warwick Seed
  • Parrott Implement Co.
  • Woodside Vet. Hospital
  • Midway Market
  • Rings Family Farms
  • Union County Commissioners, Elected Officials & Tracy Richardson
  • A G Boogher & Sons
  • Lee Farms
  • Tom Shanklin
  • Bowman Family Farm
  • Dean Cook Insurance
  • B R & J Farms Ltd – Joe Young
  • Ag Pro
  • Smart Oil
  • Marysville Dairy Queen
  • Liberty National Bank
  • Bane-Welker
  • Mark Wolfe – Seed Consultants
  • First Federal Community Bank
  • JAG Farm
  • Farm Credit Mid America
  • Andy Weeks Construction
  • Wingfield Farms
  • Kerri & Darlene Grant
  • Bergman Farms
  • Union County Foundation
  • Spartan Insurance
  • Destiny Angus Farm
  • Madison Fields Solar Project
  • Jeff Wilson & Associates
  • Vandre Professional Properties, LLC
  • OSU Large Animal Services
  • Scheiderer Plumbing and Heating
  • LeVan’s Excavating
  • Union Co Fraternal Order of Police
  • Jenny Phelps
  • Mike Vollrath
  • New York Life
  • Jeannie Thompson Farms
  • Heritage Cooperative
  • Burns Farm
  • Jamie Patton
  • Mixins & Fixins
  • Cardinal Construction Service
  • Stillings Trucking & Grain Hauling
  • Welker Vet Services
  • GF Logic LLC (Grand Family)
  • Funderburgh Ag Services – Pioneer Seeds
  • Darby Creek Farm
  • Clarridge’s Discount Septic
  • Custom Hauling
  • McCullough Plumbing LLC
  • Pathways Credit Union
  • Martey Masterson, DVM
  • McGuire Ag
  • Bodey Insurance
  • Jim & Heather Holland
  • Tom Nichol
  • Alloy Employee Services
  • Jeffrey Himler, DDS

Bronze: < $1000

  • JCW Farms Partnership
  • Chrisanmel LLC
  • Leeds Farms
  • Dave Burke
  • Lloyd Helmuth
  • Slemmons Excavating
  • Johnson Genetics
  • Mark & Nancy Seger
  • Wilson National
  • Blumenschein Farms Ltd
  • Underhill Family
  • MLA Trucking
  • Eda’s Italian Ice
  • Cory Cook
  • The Headings Family
  • Kuhlwein Farms
  • Marysville Moose Lodge 1651
  • Skylight Financial Group
  • Bill Keck for Marysville School Board
  • Nestle PTC
  • Cryder Family
  • Marysville Fence
  • Sandy’s Pool Service LLC
  • Americas Trusted Ins. Group
  • Calvin Low Freezer Beef Sale
  • Ken Hughes
  • Adam & Laura Goodwin Family
  • RB Equipment Auction Time
  • Kuhlwein Propane
  • Johnston IT – HD Security Cameras
  • Holbrok & Manter CPA’s
  • Marysville Lions Club
  • Vallery Family Farms
  • Davisson Family
  • Justin Frey
  • MS Owens and Sons Farms LLC
  • George & Sandy Burns
  • Sexing Technologies Ohio Heifer Center
  • Select Sires
  • Village Mart
  • Derek & Brigit Nicol
  • Greg & Marti Dellinger Family
  • Melanie and Jeff Ziegler
  • R.E. Skillings
  • Tracey Richardson for State Representative
  • Ken Stiverson
  • Syngenta Crop Protection
  • Gregg & Marilyn Fogle
  • Der Dutchman Restaurant
  • Fissel Floor Covering
  • Dave Campbell Crop Insurance
  • Bill & Gail Keck
  • Bluegrass Farms of Ohio
  • Mechanicsburg FOE #3974
  • Aaron Hanselman, Attorney at Law
  • Buckeye Cropcare
  • KMW2
  • Piper Contracting
  • Wingfield Animal Clinic
  • Nick Scheiderer
  • Brian Phelps
  • John & June Seymour
  • Integrated Ag Services
  • Mark & Chris Sayers
  • Nutrien Ag Solutions
  • Farmers National Company
  • Ron & Cheryl Leeds
  • Richard Carpenter
  • Vollrath Farms
  • Dr. Ken Weitzel Pediatric & Adolescent Dentistry
  • Burns Family
  • CLC Club Lambs
  • Lucas Raush Trucking LLC
  • Homan, Inc.
  • Locin Farm LLC
  • Metzger Family Farms, LLC
  • Mill Creek Insurance Agency
  • The Bleyle Family
  • Rick & Diane Hampton
  • WF Farms
  • Stillwater Mums, LLC
  • Sorensen Insurance Agency
  • Tom and Kelly Brickey
  • Arran and Laruen Schultz